Forum: English Questions 
Aug 3rd, 2009, 04:23 pm
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Views: 4,937  Re: shall
You mean she wasn't named for the city in Texas?
I guess that shows how far out of my depth I am.
My apologies to all.
-Toby
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 28th, 2009, 11:22 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,937 Re: shall
I have been informed by a 'British speaking' colleague that "On the island where we haven't murdered our English, we still properly use the word 'shall.'" So, I stand corrected.
I still say it...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 28th, 2009, 11:20 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,350 Re: The Next Lingua Franca
I don't know. Latin stuck around for a long time as the language of education. . . and it was considered a step 'backward' in education when schools stopped using it. And I know a chemist who had...
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 26th, 2009, 11:57 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,937 Re: shall
I tell my students that 'shall' is outdated. Do we (English speakers in general) still use it? I've never read Jane Austin, but I feel like a Jane Austin character when I use it.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 23rd, 2009, 09:40 am
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Replies: 2
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:11 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,685 Re: Bored by
It makes sense to me. That's another 'general' meaning, in my book.
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 19th, 2009, 06:41 am
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Replies: 1
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 19th, 2009, 06:40 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 12,855 Re: Where are you going?
Well, when you've finished buying the stuff. . . and the move. . . and fixing up the new apartment. Well, you feel like the kid could do his part and finally show up already!
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 17th, 2009, 10:57 am
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Replies: 22
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 16th, 2009, 08:29 am
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,586 Care To Make a Recording?
This is going to sound like I'm asking you to do my job for me. . . and, in a way, I am. Sorry about that.
I run Bite Sized English (http://www.bite-sized-english.com/) as a blog for English...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 16th, 2009, 08:21 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,585 Re: Formal Training?
I think it can't be overlooked that it's easier to get a job with a certificate of some kind. . . meaning formal training (which I don't have) leads to more experience.
I think I'm doing fine...
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Forum: General Chat
Jul 16th, 2009, 08:19 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 12,855 Re: Where are you going?
I'm taking time off to watch my wife have a baby. Should be relaxing. . . but I hear they don't sell cocktails there.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 7th, 2009, 10:45 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,125 Re: References
They are more than five questions, but they're all in a format like "On a scale of one to five (five is the highest) how much did the course content match your expectations?" The same thing for the...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 5th, 2009, 09:41 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,033 Re: Video Games as a teaching tool?
As a video game skeptic, I'm against the idea. . . But that's partly because I don't know the value of "flank" in day-to-day use. ("Mom didn't want me to go to the movie, so I flanked her by asking...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 5th, 2009, 02:42 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,125 Re: References
Our school has us hand out a "What did you think" questionnaire at the end of each course. With it, we can basically see what the students thought: there are a bunch of the scale-of-one-to-five...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jul 2nd, 2009, 01:11 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 6,182 Simple Writing Game
Maybe I didn't invent this game, but I refined the traditional 'sentence' game into a slightly fun activity for my slightly higher-level students.
We did a whole lesson on emails and what's...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 2nd, 2009, 01:07 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,177 Re: Your top "5"
My fallbacks are:
1. The tenses (I have it down pat)
2. Prepositions of place -- I have a routine for the 'easy' ones.
3. Sentence order and why it's important.
4. 'Small Talk' (I love just chatting...
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 2nd, 2009, 01:05 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,398 The hero dies in the end.
Normally, I like to think that I answer English questions instead of asking them, but a student stumped me today:
We talked about the prepositions of time and the fact that 'at' is used for an exact...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 1st, 2009, 10:30 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,042 Re: Visiting Discussion Boards
I agree that re-visiting topics can be a good idea. And, of course, I've posted the same question here more than once (as far as games or so goes) because I think I'll get a new 'crop' of...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 30th, 2009, 09:06 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,042 Re: Visiting Discussion Boards
I don't know. This is the first board that I've spent a lot of time at. . . and I think that if I started to see the same question every day, it'd drive me crazy. I guess that's why it's netiquette...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 30th, 2009, 09:03 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,142 Re: Summer Camps - Do you teach them?
I would consider doing a summer camp, but mainly because I'd like to broaden my experience to work with kids more. Now, I'm mostly teaching adults and I'd like to be more 'marketable' if I ever...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 29th, 2009, 07:00 am
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Replies: 9
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 28th, 2009, 12:07 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,685 Re: Bored by
Just to cause trouble, I'll disagree!
I think that 'Bored by' is something immediate, something that the person is experiencing in that moment. (See the examples above.)
But 'bored with' can be...
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 28th, 2009, 12:04 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,873 Re: especially vs speciffically
Hey, Majid:
I think I use these words differently (in my American English). When I think about these two statements, it's a bit more clear to me: "The recession has cost jobs in the United States,...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jun 28th, 2009, 11:55 am
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Replies: 9
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